microsoft / microsoft/react-native-windows

Remove symbols from nuget packages and rely on symbol servers instead

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Area: Developer Experience enhancement Workstream: New Arch NuGet Refactor
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Description

Summary

We should remove the symbols from the packages and instead publish them to a public symbol server.

Motivation

Right now 90% of space taken by our nuget packages are taken by the symbols, which many developers will never even use.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by tracing how this repository builds and publishes its NuGet packages, then identify where symbol files are included and where release artifacts are configured. Confirm how a public symbol server would be used before changing the packaging workflow. Done means published packages no longer contain symbols and the symbols are available through the public server.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
build-system, release
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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